Practical Italian Grammar

160 ITALIAN GRAMMAR
B. Berne® Qt®$ion$: 1. Are there masculine nouns ending in-a?
Mention some and tell how their plural is formed, 2. Are there
nouns in -a of both genders ? Give a few examples. 3. Mention
gome nouns in -o whieh have a feminine plural in -a. 4. How are
quelio and belio inflected before a noun? 5. What difference of
meaning is there between codesto and qiiello? 6. Give the three
most important adverbs of place. 7. When is the relative pro-
noun eke used? 8. When is the relative pronoun cui used?
9. What meaning has cM as a relative pronoun ? 10. How do you
form the negative imperative, second person singular? 11. Give
in Italian the hours from noon to midnight. 12. Give the conjunc-
tive pronouns used as direct objects. 13, Give the conjunctive
pronouns used as indirect objects. 14, Give the rules concerning
their usage. 15. Which are the conjunctive adverbs? 16. Ex-
plain the Italian progressive construction. 17. How is an adverb
of manner formed from an adjective ? 18. Give a complete list of
the disjunctive personal pronouns. 19. Which is their m<Sst
general usage? 20. In what other cases are they used? 21. What
difference of meaning is there between sapere and conoscere?
22. Explain the conjugation of an irregular past absolute and give
an example.
C. Supply the cmracl form of the past absolute of the verb given in
the infinitive: 1. (wpm) lo non-----che fare. 2. (volere) Essi —
ajkburealkjstabili^^ 3. (rup&ndere) Nbi----afferma-
tivamente. 4, (sopene) Tu----perchd elFera con noi. 5. (sapere}
Cktariim jxm — cpel ehe era buono per iei, 6. (vedere) lo-----U
proseal6 ebe partim 7. (mamwcm) Egli lo—presto. 8. (met-
Base — ogni coea in online. 9. (vdere) Arturo — riSutare,
(riqptmdm) lo-----due gbrni dopo. 11. (sapere) I raga^i
la fcro lezione. 12. (u&fere) Carlo e Arturo ----- che
13, (m$®m)lQ—i libri stdla serivania. 14. (sc-
rim) NM----ttichierarielsAlotto?
D. Phm ^ definite article before each of the following nouns,
plwrol of faA article and noun: programma, banca,
fmtto, isomo, moglk, uovo, cuoco, cuoca, bue,
sposalizio, oca, zio.